Joseph bell alexander



@Hitch tatrs 'gatrnt @fitte t JOSEPH BELL ALEXANDER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Lean-s Patent No. 65,857, mamme 1e, 1867.

IMPROVED STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES,`J UGS, tite.4

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONOERN:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BELL ALEXANDER., of Washington, in the county of Washington, and District of lColumbia, have invented a new` and improved Mode of Constructing Corks or Stoppers for Bottles, Jugs, Jars, or Cans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation otthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lcttcrs of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figurc 1 represents a vertical section through the corkor stopper, showing one method of construction.

Figure 2 represents a vertical section through the cork or stopper, showing another mode of construction.

Figure 3 represents a vert-ical section through the cork or stopper, showing a third mode of construction.

Figure 4 represents, in perspective, an external view of the neck of abottle with the stopper inserted.

Figure 5 1epresent's, iu perspective, an external view of the neck of a beer or ale jug with the stopper `inserted ,and held down by a wire clasp.

Figure 6 represents, in perspective, an isometrical view of fig. 5.

Similar letters of reference, where they occur in the several figures, denote like parts in all cases.

'.Ihe nature of my invention consists in constructing a stopper for bottles, jugs, jars, or cans which can be easily drawn in a. moment without a cork-screw, and which, when in place, will present no corrodible substance to the action of gases or liquors with which it is inserted end may come in contact; and also to so construct the stopper that it will bear continued use without becoming broken or lost.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. I make the body A (see drawings) of my stopper of cork, India rubber, gutta pcrcha, wood, or any other suitable material, in any of the known forms, externally. Longitudinally through the centre of this body A I make a bore which will admit a metallic rod or wire, C, with an eye or circle bent upon its upper end, and which is first passed through a hole countersunk in themetallie washer or cap B. I make the rod C shorter than the length of thebody A, and make it'fast by riveting or otherwise fastening or attaching its lower end to the metallic plate or disk D, which has a countersunk hole in its centre for the passage of the end of the rod C. The plate D is permitted to go to its place through a bore which I make in the lower end of the stopperof sufiicicnt diameter', (see I, figs. I and 2.) This bore I now ll up with cork, India rubber, gutta percha, or wood, (see E, iig. 1,) or .I fill it with shellac, wax, or any suitable gumniy substance, (sce F, iig. 2,) and thus prevent all con. tact of Agases or fluids with the plate D or rod C; or I make the rod C with a screw, Il, fig. 3, upon itslow`cr end, to extend below the line J, and then screw a properly-shaped piece, Gr, of cork, or other suitable substance, upon it.' In either of these three given forms of construct-ion the principle is substantially the same.

The advantages of this improvement are as follows: The stopper can be instantly drawn byinserting through the eyelet of the rod C a small stick, nail, or piece of twine, doing away with the necessity of a corkscrew. Being supported at each end by the plates B and l), the stopper'cannot be broken by ordinary use. No acids or gases can ce1-rode it. It may be kept always attached to the bottle by a piece of twine, K, fig. 4, or by a chain, as seeri at L, tig. 5. It will be the most economical of all Stoppers, as it needs never to be broken in drawing., will not be thrown awa-y, und may be used with care for many years.

I do not claim broadly a cord or stopper perforated by a metallic wire or rod, with washers riveted on to the ends, as I am aware that isold, as applied to some kinds of perfume bottles or ink bottles, and perhaps a few other t specialties, but never in general use.

What I do claim as new, and as of my invention, is- The bore I, figs. I and 2, the plug E, iig. I, the plug I", 2, the screw Hand auxiliary piece (j, iig. 3, incombination with thcrod C and the plates B and D, and 'the body A, substantially as described and fer the purpose set forth.

J. B. ALEXANDER.

Witnesses: I

SAML L. Kum, C. OUR/inn. 

